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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Eric P. Solecky, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Charles N. Archie, Granite Springs, NY (US);
George W. Banke, Jr., Essex Junction, VT (US);
Eric P. Solecky, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Charles N. Archie, Granite Springs, NY (US);
George W. Banke, Jr., Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and program product are disclosed for optimizing a fleet of measurement systems. One embodiment determines a tool matching precision (TMP) and a fleet measurement precision (FMP) and normalizes these metrics across applications. An optimization is carried out in which usage weighting factors are assigned to each measurement system while enforcing usage enforcement rule(s) to ensure that each measurement system is optimally used and each application is adequately covered. The optimization re-assigns usage weighting factors to minimize a normalized FMP metric and enforce the usage enforcement rule(s).